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The structure of this website

Here you can find easy-to-read information about this website.

Logo of Deutsche Welle in blue and white with the capital letters D and W, and the motto "Made for Minds" below

Top section

At the top left of the website,
you can always see the Deutsche Welle logo:

D and W as capital letters in 2 circles in blue and white

If you click on it, you go back to the home page.
You leave the easy-to-read section.

At the top right, you can always see the main menu:

3 horizontal lines on top of each other

If you click on the main menu, you will see different topics
and the related sections on the website.

In the main menu, there are these topics:

  • About DW
    In the sections “Who We Are” and “Organization”,
    you can find out:
    What does Deutsche Welle do?
    And how is DW organised?
  • Working at DW
    In the section “Open Positions”, you can find out
    what jobs and open positions are available at DW.
    In German, 2 more sections exist: “Benefits” and “Career”.
    There you can find out why DW is a good employer.
    These sections are not available in English.
  • DW Media Services
    In the “Press” section, you can find press releases
    and the contact details for the press office.
    The second section is called “Our experts”.
    There you can see DW’s experts.
    You can book them for interviews.
  • Experience DW
    Here you can find out, for example:
    How can you visit DW in Bonn or in Berlin?
    And how can you receive DW’s programmes?
    You will also find various contact details
    and answers to frequent questions.
  • DW as a partner
    This section is about possible partnerships with DW,
    for example with travel companies or for advertising.

At the bottom of the main menu,
you can change the website language.
You can choose between German, English and Spanish:

Language selection, currently "EN | English" is selected

Home page

On the home page, you will find
the latest press releases from DW
and links to important topics, for example.

Further down on the home page, there is this button:

yellow button that says: "Send us your feedback"

When you click on the button, a form appears.
Using the form, you can send a comment to DW,
for example about this website.

Lower section

At the website’s bottom, you can always see a box
with additional sections and buttons.
On the left of the box, there are links to DW’s offers:

  • DW.com
    This link takes you to the DW news page.
  • Latest Videos
    This link also takes you to videos on the news page.
  • Learn German
    This takes you to the website learngerman.dw.com/en.
    It contains free mobile German courses.
  • DW Akademie
    This takes you to the website akademie.dw.com/en.
    It contains educational programmes and media projects.

To the right of the offers, it says “Services”.
There are links to the sections “Newsletters”,
“Contact” and “FAQ”, which means frequently asked questions.

You can learn more about the newsletters further down in the text.

Below this, there are links to DW’s social media pages:
Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter).
LinkedIn is a social network for professional contacts.
Each page opens up in a new browser tab.

At the bottom of the box, there are these sections:

  • Privacy Policy
    The website collects certain information,
    for example about your internet browser.
    Here you can find out how your information is used.
  • Legal notice
    This page shows who is responsible for this website:
    it is Deutsche Welle.
  • Privacy Settings
    Here you can define which providers 
    can process your user data. 
    One provider, for example, is YouTube 
    for the display of videos on the website
  • Accessibility features
    Here you can find the links to the easy-to-read section
    and to the sign language section.
  • Digital accessibility
    This section shows how accessible and useable
    the website is for people with disabilities.
    You can learn more about this at Accessibility statement‎‎.

Newsletters

DW has several different newsletters:

  • News
  • Special interest
  • TV
  • Learning German

DW sends out the newsletters
daily, weekly or monthly by email.
The button to sign up for the newsletters
is always at the website’s bottom.
If you click on “Newsletters”, you will see this page:

Sign up for DW's newsletters: choice of 4 newsletter categories. Currently, the "News" category is selected. There are 4 different choices: "Daily Bulletin", "Berlin Briefing", "DW Asia Newsletter" and "German News Service". All of them have a short description. Below, there is the button "order" that cannot be used yet.

Here you can select the newsletters you want to receive.
At the beginning, you see the newsletter category “News”.
For this and every other category, there are several options.
Choose one or more newsletters.
Then click on the “Order” button below.

After clicking on “Order”, you will see this page:

a text box for your email address and a check box to accept the terms of use

Enter your email address there.
You must also confirm that you agree to the terms of use.
Once you click “Submit”
you will receive an email with a link.
Click on the link to confirm your subscription.

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